Saturday, November 22, 2008

Can or can’t




I like the lyrics of this song. It conveys that we are the same. Even though our colors of skin are different or have different ideas, nations and so on, it’s no doubt that we live on the earth. One day do we calm down to handle everything between us instead of having argument and speaking words to hurt people? When I turn on TV, I don’t want to watch the news of political figures fighting all the time or guys killing guys. I wish these events will disappear on day. Above all, we get along with each other well, and we should be together to make the world wonderful. I do hope it will become true in the future.

Committing suicide

Recently, when we turn on TV or read the newspaper, there are many sad events in the world. Guys kill guys owing to little events; political figures are arguing or fighting for different issues, or many young guys committed suicide for relationship. When I read the events of relationship, I feel very sad. They are so young. Their parents and friends heard of this. Why are they so surprised and unbelievable? Their parents and friends always don’t understand what happened to the person. The person looks so happy in front of the mass, but don’t we really figure out what they think? I don’t think so. Modern people are too busy to pay more attention to those people who are close to you. If you are really busy, please take time out even just one minute, or you call a phone to express your care. When you talk to him/her, maybe you will make him/her have courage to face or overcome hard time. In the society, many people consider they are unhappy because of the bad economy, no jobs, high living cost and so on. It’s hard time, but if we support each other, it’s not harder than we image.

Seesaw

Life is like walking on the seesaw.


You always have to walk from bottom to top. You take one step, and the next will become more difficult.



You walk to higher place, and you will feel hard to balance.


When you think you walk higher and higher, actually you start to go downhill.



Accordingly, you find you can’t stand on the higher place in your eyes forever.



Struggling back and forth so many times, you realize standing on higher place is so difficult because you can’t keep your balance all the time.



Finally, one day you realize that you keep your balance in your journey, and it is the high place where you stand.



If you want to stand on the higher place, there is another way. That’s somebody supports you on the lower place of the seesaw. Maybe those people are your family, lover or enemies who are loser.




In our journey, most of them want to walk to the higher place because we think it means we succeed. We fail again and again because we don’t realize the ideas of seesaw. It makes me think of the former president. He wants to stand at higher place, but he forgets what happens next. When I undergo more events, success or not is not important in my mind. I find out when a person grows up, he/ she will become unhappier because his/her desires are more, and you have to be responsible for many duties even though you don’t want to take. So far I don’t want to look for the higher place. I just want to be happier than before.

Global warming

On Saturday, I saw a TV program. It talked about animals. So far many animals face extinction. In South America or tropical rainforest, this action will be serious and appear other animals we never know before. More and more biologists find that common animals become mutation such as frogs, and the penguins don’t find right way to go home this year. It is worse phenomenon because it means the weather is changing.

In addition, many places that originally are oases become deserts, and its rainfall is lower than before in China. If we don’t change the condition, maybe one day the creatures that become extinct will be us.

Animal Rights

2. This news was posted in 2007, but most of us don’t know this enactment. Actually, about lat month, I saw a woman sold many little dogs when I hung out with my friends. The police station is near, and someone called to them. However, the police just asked her why she wanted to sell this little dogs and didn’t tell her it’s illegal. The police asked her to go any places to sell not stay here. When I read this report, I am so surprised. Is it possible that the policemen do not know this law or this enactment does not execute? If the answer is the last one, I think it’s really for show.
The policemen do not want to handle this events, and they think it belongs to another departments. I am afraid of dogs. When I walked on my way home, the stray dog suddenly ran to me and barked at me. I was scared, and in the meanwhile, a police man who rode a motorcycle passed. I thought he would stop and helped me, but nothing was at all. Finally, an old man who passed helped me. Undergoing this event, I totally don’t think the police will want to handle these. Even though the law is pretty good due to its strict penalty, I consider the government should broadcast it actively and reinforce the ideas about animal rights. Maybe they can add another penalty for the police who do not practice it well. Stray dogs are a large problem, and everybody should strive for it. In the other hand, If you do not want to keep pets or regret it, what you should do? The government should establish more enactment which should be strict. Maybe the government could set the organization to handle the pets that their owners do not want and also need to spread the idea of keeping second-hand pets.


3. The purpose of this group is to change the phenomenon of hurt or abandoned animals in Taiwan, and they aim to find solutions for the problem of pet overpopulation through educational activities, adoption efforts and outreach programs. The people of this group are volunteers. They take care of these animals, and spend much time on them. They help these animals to find another suitable places for those through this website.

Recent posts: 10 Promise to My Dog
This book is published recently. My friend who likes animals very much commends this book to me. The cover of the book is very cute. When you see this cover, maybe many of you will want to keep a dog because it looks so cute. I remember that the movie, “Good-bye Quill”, released. Many people kept them after they saw this movie, but they didn’t think if they had much time to accompany them. I don’t think this kind of movie or book is suitable for publishing in Taiwan. Many people just want to have a “cute pet” not “real pet”, so they don’t think more before buying. They regret keeping pets; they have no idea to find another place for them or no one will be willing to keep them, so that the only way is to abandon them on streets in Taiwan. I do hope those people who want to keep pets should be responsible for them, and treat them kindly. If you really don’t want them, please find another home for them instead of abandoning.

Monday, November 17, 2008

Examples for Plagiarism

Professor fired for plagiarism sues Columbia U.

http://www.themaneater.com/stories/2008/10/21/professor-fired-plagiarism-sues-columbia-u/

A professor was fired for plagiarism. Teacher College decided to fire this professor, named Madonna Constantine, as being “arbitrary, capricious, and unreasonable”. The professor didn’t accept this result, so she sued Columbia University.

Producer fired for plagiarism

http://articles.latimes.com/2006/may/12/entertainment/et-plagiarize12

It is also the news for plagiarism. A freelance TV producer was fired because he copied the passages from “The West Wing”. When it which the producer made broadcast on NBC, it would be found soon. Later, the newspaper reported this event. The spokeswoman of NBC indicated that they didn’t work with this producer.

CNNfn REPORTER FIRED FOR PLAGIARISM

http://www.allbusiness.com/services/business-services-miscellaneous-business/4683602-1.html

The reporter who wrote finance column was fired for plagiarism. She denied this because she thought that they heard the same story and used the same thoughts to analyze this information. So that she didn’t consider she should be fire for plagiarism.